Trump masquerades as the true leader he’s not
IT is a sad day not only for the US, but for the rest of the world that the American dream is turning into a nightmare right in front of our eyes.
Although Donald Trump is not a Warren Buffett or a Bill Gates, much has been said about his business acumen, but his insatiable appetite for attention and power has now reached frightening heights.
The man is a reality TV exponent, he is not a leader and he now is masquerading as one.
It’s personal ambition on steroids, for it is starkly obvious to see he is not only a danger to us, he is to himself.
His utterances are now public knowledge, so is his denying them at the same time and playing a victim.
It reminds me of the folly of the publicity-seeking Nobel Foundation (no wonder Bob Dylan did not get excited when it honoured him with a literature prize), when it prematurely gave Barack Obama a peace prize.
For what, for from then on he went on to create wars in the Middle East, maybe not on the destructive scale of his predecessor but you cannot be an American president and not at least get involved in a war or two.
The prize that year should have gone to Morgan Tsvangirai and Zimbabwe would be a different story now.
That was before he was caught up in stuff that derailed him and made him an also-ran.
In South Africa it is being said that anyone can be a president, when taking a cue from the incumbent, with so many flaws.
Trump has so much bile and ignorance spewing from his mouth, but he is president.
Those who seek leadership roles should, like for company’s candidates, be given tests to ascertain fitness for a position.
Pat Kondile, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth